Peggy Lehner is currently serving her first term as the state senator for the 6th Ohio Senate District, which encompasses portions of Montgomery County. She is no stranger to public service, having served one term in the Ohio House of Representatives as well as 10 years as a member of Kettering City Council, during which she was chosen as vice mayor. During that time she also founded and chaired the Dayton First Suburbs Consortium.

Senator Lehner’s committee assignments will put her interests in health care, aging and local government to work on behalf of her constituents this General Assembly. She has been named chair of the Senate Education Committee and will play a major role in the development of the state’s two-year operating budget as a member of the Finance Committee. Lehner has also been assigned to the State and Local Government and Veterans Affairs Committee and the Health, Human Services and Aging Committee.

An active participant in her community, Lehner has been a member of the National League of Cities, the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority and the Senior Resource Connection, which in 2001 recognized her for Outstanding Service to the Senior Community by an Elected Official.

Senator Lehner attended both American College in Paris and St. Mary’s of the Woods College, where she obtained a degree in history. She and her husband James reside in Kettering and have five grown children and 10 grandchildren.

The Ohio Statehouse

Columbus, Ohio 43215

Phone: (614) 466-4538

lehner@ohiosenate.gov